Improvement in sawing-machines



vPATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH SMITH, OF WOODBURN, OREGON.

IMPROVEMENT IN S AWlNG-MACHINES."

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,064, dated July 16, 1872.

Specification describing` a new and Improved Sawing Machine, invented by J o- SEPH SMITH, of Woodburn, in the county of Marion and State of Oregon.

My invention consists ot' a saw-table for a cut-oli'77 saw suspended on pivots overhead, and a latch for holding the table in advance of the saw for receiving the log or plank to be sawed, and arranged in such manner that when the latch is tripped the gravity of the table and its load will feed the Work to the saw, or mainly so.

Figurel is a front elevation of my improved sawing-machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation taken on `the line x a: of Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A and B represent the saw-table, or the main portion thereof, and C is the outside rest for the piece being cut oli". All these parts are suspended from the overhead oscillating shaft D by bars -E of any kind, said shaft being mounted in any suitablev kind of overhanging frame F. Gr is a latch, with a lever, H, to work it, and a spring, I, to cause it to catch seltactingly, when the table swings forward to the right position, to hold the table while adjusting the log. The log will be supported infront of the hangers E to such extent that its gravity and that of the table will assist and mainly cause the feeding of the log to the saw 5 but in this respect the arrangement may -be varied to suit. K is theV saw, which is of the circular kind, as in most cutoff7 sawing-machines.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination, with said overhead suspended table, of the latch G, lever H, and spring I, substantially as specified.

JOSEPH SMITH.

Witnesses:

J J. MURPHY, A. B. CROUSMAN. 

